A NEW paper from The Iona Institute shows that last year a quarter of all weddings that took place in Ireland were…
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On Saturday, The Iona Institute held its annual youth conference. The theme was ‘Whatever Happened to Tradition?‘, the title of a recent book by historian, writer, and columnist with The Daily Telegraph, Tim Stanley. Tim was the keynote speaker on...
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David Quinn was on RTE’s Today With Claire Byrne on Monday debating the future of religious schools with Aodhan O’ Riordáin of the Labour Party. David argued that the school system must reflect the wishes of parents, including for faith-based schools if that is...
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A NEW paper from The Iona Institute shows that last year a quarter of all weddings that took place in Ireland were broadly ‘New Age’ in character, while Christian ceremonies accounted for not much more than a third of the...
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Last week, End of Life Ireland hosted the 2024 international conference of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, which pro-euthanasia campaigners from around the world attended. Several speakers at the conference made no secret of their wish to...
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Last week, a publisher issued an apology for the stereotypical portrayal of an Irish family in a textbook. The volume, which was withdrawn following public outrage, was produced for the new Junior Cycle course on Social, Personal, and Health Education...
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The Department of Education is to survey parents to find out what, if any changes, they want made to the school system. This will include asking them what kind of ethos they wish schools to have, including a religious one....
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Family separation more than doubles the risk of falling into poverty, according to new research published by the ESRI. The number of divorced and separated people in Ireland now stands…
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Professor Richard Rex of Queens’ College, Cambridge, addressed The Iona Institute and the Notre Dame Newman Centre for Faith and…
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